DRDO Ballistic Missile Defence System, India

CONTENT

• INDRODUCTION

• DEVELOPMENT

• INTERCEPTOR

• SWORDFISH RADAR

• CONTRACTORS

INDRODUCTION

•The Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is developing a two-tier Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system that provides a multi-layered shield against ballistic

missile attacks.

DEVELOPMENT

• India began the development of the ballistic missile defencesystem in 1998.

• The development was planned in two stages.

• The first phase was challenging due to the complex technologies and indigenous mission systems employed in the mission.

• After eight years of development, the first missile test was conducted in November 2006.

• The Prithvi-II missile was successfully intercepted by the PAD in the endo-atmosphere at an altitude of 48km.

INTERCEPTOR

• PAD is a two stage missile based on the Prithvi missile.

• Also known as Pradyumna, PAD has a maximuminterception altitude of 80km.

• The first stage is liquid fuelled and the second stage issolid fuelled.

• The missile is equipped with manoeuvre thrusters forlateral acceleration.

• It can engage the ballistic missiles (300km-2,000kmrange) at a speed of Mach 5.

SWORDFISH RADAR

• Swordfish is a long-range tracking radar developed for the BMDsystem.

• It was derived from the Israeli Green Pine long range radar.

• A test conducted in March 2009 validated the long-rangecapabilities of the radar.

• Swordfish guides the exo-atmospheric interceptor missile PAD toengage aerial targets at altitudes over 80km.

• The radar can detect very small targets within the range of600km-800km.

• DRDO plans to upgrade the range of Swordfish to 1,500 km by2011.

CONTRACTORS

• DRDO units involved in the project are Defence Researchand Development Laboratory , Hyderabad (missioncontrol software); The Research Centre, Imarat,Hyderabad (navigation and electromechanical actuationsystems); Advanced System Laboratory (motors, jetvanes and structures) and High Energy Materials ResearchLaboratory, Pune (propellants).

• Other contractors include L&T, Bharat Electronics,Bharat Dynamics, Astra Microwave, Vem Technologies andKelTech.

REFERNCE

•http://www.army-technology.com/proje

cts/drdo-bmd/

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